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Iraq’s inflation eases in June as food, housing prices decline
Shafaq News
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July 26, 2025
2025-07-26T12:04:50+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Consumer prices in Iraq fell in June, driven by lower food and housing costs, the Ministry of Planning said on Saturday. Monthly inflation dropped 1.2% compared to...
Iraq imports +18,000 Chinese vehicles in H1 2025
Shafaq News
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2025-07-26T12:26:08+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad Iraq brought in over 18,000 vehicles from China during the first six months of 2025, up from 10,000 in the same period last year, the Iraq Future Foundation for...
Iraq’s Kut hypermarket to be demolished after deadly blaze
Shafaq News
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2025-07-26T12:51:09+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Wasit Authorities in Iraq’s Wasit province have announced plans to demolish the hypermarket in Kut after a deadly fire killed 70 earlier this month. On Saturday, the Kut...
PPP opposes ban on road travel to Iran, Iraq for Arbaeen
Daily Times
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July 28, 2025
The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Monday criticised the federal government’s move to ban Pakistani piligims from travelling to Iran and Iraq by road. On Sunday, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said that zaireen (pilgrims) will be barred from...
Maysan marshes run dry as Iraq’s water crisis deepens
Shafaq News
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2025-07-28T15:30:54+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Maysan On Monday, Iraq’s Maysan Governor Habib Al-Fartousi warned that marsh water inflows have fully stopped, deepening an already severe province-wide shortage. “The water...
Silent crisis: Youth suicides surge in Iraq’s al-Anbar
Shafaq News
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2025-07-28T15:43:02+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News - Al-Anbar Iraq’s al-Anbar province is witnessing a troubling rise in suicide cases, particularly among youth, challenging long-standing cultural taboos in a deeply...
Explosive drone crashes in N. Iraq as joint committee probes recent attacks
Xinhua News Agency
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BAGHDAD, July 28 (Xinhua) -- An unidentified explosive-laden drone crashed on Monday in Erbil province in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, northern Iraq, local authorities said. The crash occurred at 5:50 a.m. local time (0250 GMT) near the...
Blazing heat in Iraq as Baghdad, south top 50˚C
Gulf Today
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July 28, 2025
Iraqis grappled on Monday with searing heat in the capital Baghdad and parts of the country's south, where the weather service said temperatures reached 51˚C in the shade. Iraq's 46 million people face rising temperatures, chronic water shortages...
Blazing heat in Iraq as Baghdad, south top 50C
New Age Bangladesh
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Agence France-Presse . Baghdad, Iraq 28 July, 2025, 23:10 Iraqis grappled on Monday with searing heat in the capital Baghdad and parts of the country’s south, where the weather service said temperatures reached 51C in the shade. Iraq’s 46 million...
Iraq's Sayyed al-Sistani urges action over worsening famine in Gaza
Al Mayadeen
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July 26, 2025
Iraq's top religious authority, Sayyed Ali al-Sistani, calls on the world to act immediately to end the famine and humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. Iraq’s top religious authority, Sayyed Ali al-Sistani, issued a statement on Friday decrying the...
Fury in Iraq after clashes between militia and security forces
The National News
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Public anger is mounting in Iraq after clashes between security forces and gunmen from an Iran-backed militia in Baghdad left two dead. The violence was sparked when fighters stormed a government building to forcibly reinstate a dismissed director...
PPP rejects govt ban on road travel to Iran, Iraq for Arbaeen pilgrims
Pakistan Today
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July 28, 2025
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Monday criticised the federal government’s move to ban Pakistani pilgrims from travelling to Iran and Iraq by road. Pilgrims visit Iraq to attend the chehlum commemoration — also known as Arbaeen (40...
Iraq signs gas field deal with Schlumberger
Zawya
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Iraq has signed a new agreement with US energy giant Schlumberger to ramp up production at the Akkas, the Middle East’s second-largest gas field. Oil Minister Hayan Abdul Ghani described the deal as central to Iraq’s gas strategy, with...
PPP opposes govt move to ban road travel to Iran, Iraq for Arbaeen pilgrims
Dawn
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July 28, 2025
The Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) on Monday criticised the federal government’s move to ban Pakistani piligims from travelling to Iran and Iraq by road. Pilgrims visit Iraq to attend the chehlum commemoration — also known as Arbaeen (40 in Arabic)...
Al-Hardani assassinated: Iraqi intel aided coalition
Shafaq News
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2025-07-25T20:15:57+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Baghdad/Aleppo On Friday, Iraq’s Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) announced that a senior ISIS commander was killed in a US-led Global air assault in Syria’s Aleppo province,...
Blistering Heatwave Grips Iraq
MENAFN
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July 28, 2025
(MENAFN) An intense heatwave is gripping Iraq, pushing temperatures beyond 50 degrees Celsius across 13 provinces on Monday, according to a statement from the Iraqi Meteorological Organization and Seismology. The peak temperature hit 51 degrees...
Iraq’s Dhi Qar water barrier dries up, sparks outrage
Shafaq News
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2025-07-25T18:17:20+00:00 font Enable Reading Mode A- A A+ Shafaq News – Dhi Qar Residents of al-Shatra district in southern Iraq's Dhi Qar province voiced anger on Friday over the severe drying of al-Bada'a water barrier—an unprecedented...
Suspected Iranian Drones Crash In Iraq’s Kurdistan (Videos)
SouthFront
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July 28, 2025
Illustrative image. An unidentified drone crashed on July 28 near Erbil, the capital of Iraq’s northern semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan , resulting in no casualties, Kurdish counterterrorism forces reported. “On Monday morning at 05:50, an...
Update on Internal Displacement in Iraq
Iraq Business News
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July 28, 2025
By John Lee. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have published an update on internal displacement in Iraq. Overview 1,031,475 IDPs remain displaced in Iraq. This includes 104,617...
Extreme heat hits Iraq as 13 provinces witness temperatures over 50 degrees Celsius
Xinhua News Agency
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BAGHDAD, July 28 (Xinhua) -- A severe heatwave is sweeping across Iraq, with temperatures surpassing 50 degrees Celsius on Monday in 13 provinces, the Iraqi Meteorological Organization and Seismology said in a statement. The highest temperature of...